Ides of March: George Clooney in Clawson, MI

Our little city of Clawson, Mi had some big excitement and taste of Hollywood on Friday when George Clooney's movie, The Ides of March filmed here. Residents were woken up at 6:30am with helicopters circling overhead. Soon the local church parking lot filled with semi's and trailers and huge booms were set up. A building that houses doctor's offices (my daughter's orthodontist's actually) had a fresh sign put in front that read "Oakley Women's Clinic of Cincinnati" and the local diner got a new "Nick's Country Oven" sign put up.<div><br /></div><div>The movie stars George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, Even Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymore Hoffman, and of course, George Clooney. Clooney is also directing. The synopsis on imdb is "An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon." Politics, drama, an abortion...it has oscar written all over it! Just sayin'.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hTK9SYZV-uefx-kty5XciFzics9Qj3zxGwVCfeSqUeHqITNH54njODcyY4Opj1uBCQrvZ4OVtppQ6vfv9p9I8dnwD_GOaqsOzQ5EcEZb3vHkGelMAwIZyguVK35fEXQuk2olZ4Uukss/s1600/DSC_7197.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374464699249458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hTK9SYZV-uefx-kty5XciFzics9Qj3zxGwVCfeSqUeHqITNH54njODcyY4Opj1uBCQrvZ4OVtppQ6vfv9p9I8dnwD_GOaqsOzQ5EcEZb3vHkGelMAwIZyguVK35fEXQuk2olZ4Uukss/s400/DSC_7197.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There are two elementary schools located right near the location and as soon as school let out hoards of people came to watch them shoot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUe9mWkI6nuz4ZKEg1gIqTb6WCF_imCRkXk4wDWsf4Q3DqLFpSC0rgB-NtKfuUOMPoxS8Coh3vXYKoZgXVmScvPMOR217kPUe-fjMt3Rb-T_cvTB5Ricp6L004gGOzJNSriwrke49LoM/s1600/DSC_7200.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374459331660418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUe9mWkI6nuz4ZKEg1gIqTb6WCF_imCRkXk4wDWsf4Q3DqLFpSC0rgB-NtKfuUOMPoxS8Coh3vXYKoZgXVmScvPMOR217kPUe-fjMt3Rb-T_cvTB5Ricp6L004gGOzJNSriwrke49LoM/s400/DSC_7200.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ryan Gosling and Even Rachel Wood.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtaq8fjU16JaRJWhorpbc-rBQOoWqBPYaHzAGI7o75Gqmh0j9ZaVV6BpAdUOTNsYx928M0heZNaAXPpYbJyRRTPkpxujaPs32LIxDAgGEzGGEhIYVzDY5ozSacSfLD-OHd_pVOA-kz04/s1600/DSC_7202.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374456979469650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtaq8fjU16JaRJWhorpbc-rBQOoWqBPYaHzAGI7o75Gqmh0j9ZaVV6BpAdUOTNsYx928M0heZNaAXPpYbJyRRTPkpxujaPs32LIxDAgGEzGGEhIYVzDY5ozSacSfLD-OHd_pVOA-kz04/s400/DSC_7202.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3FliM3eewkUNFbukhiBevzqVbBVOtDI01RTIrUmrX6IwA-_3lL0RpC5FyPhGKBDixap0z-KPZLOl_SyQDsydqlCbyJwYY-VSuQxIZnVy8tch9FgeKqwlPcXw7lkkiXcQGucFDBB4pkA/s1600/DSC_7205.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374369139743698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3FliM3eewkUNFbukhiBevzqVbBVOtDI01RTIrUmrX6IwA-_3lL0RpC5FyPhGKBDixap0z-KPZLOl_SyQDsydqlCbyJwYY-VSuQxIZnVy8tch9FgeKqwlPcXw7lkkiXcQGucFDBB4pkA/s400/DSC_7205.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There they are with their stand in's.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBehmUVEnUBpQIZUejS2G8YpjTA9wyRN5XCc2I4yZrgoQj6_QWGUeqZvdohGSgn2p76Q0rnLEAoxs2J4oqpgVIpugCzt5y6W6vtfIUXN8C2ycvoVMQrk1JJvtSfinA50w-Iro2tJxRFU8/s1600/DSC_7206.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374368567614978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBehmUVEnUBpQIZUejS2G8YpjTA9wyRN5XCc2I4yZrgoQj6_QWGUeqZvdohGSgn2p76Q0rnLEAoxs2J4oqpgVIpugCzt5y6W6vtfIUXN8C2ycvoVMQrk1JJvtSfinA50w-Iro2tJxRFU8/s400/DSC_7206.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFG0ap41X0WqQBSrIX5Ff4zTZDORe_jV146xBgj6sqQRnxQV8FpFAEEsqDvg8kHHGSBjasim02hp9DRHt0mYsK4KXLY7afSADntP2yjkrrV6BIMI44eXzwj0pNgwwerYZY9IAy3ALkTQ/s1600/DSC_7211.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374361395346770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFG0ap41X0WqQBSrIX5Ff4zTZDORe_jV146xBgj6sqQRnxQV8FpFAEEsqDvg8kHHGSBjasim02hp9DRHt0mYsK4KXLY7afSADntP2yjkrrV6BIMI44eXzwj0pNgwwerYZY9IAy3ALkTQ/s400/DSC_7211.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SebxGikaeM_2wcWzdl_6jVj7n4IygGHsMbV5yjSTDGYeGp3a9r2JRxulMedVggi3-3WlyvjpoQ6-Vhuy74xG1Vf7VEZi3StUHs2O3IL1vJfGUGqSjrK62RCTm7YZYWOC0XbhNmPLwc4/s1600/DSC_7254.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374358011549858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SebxGikaeM_2wcWzdl_6jVj7n4IygGHsMbV5yjSTDGYeGp3a9r2JRxulMedVggi3-3WlyvjpoQ6-Vhuy74xG1Vf7VEZi3StUHs2O3IL1vJfGUGqSjrK62RCTm7YZYWOC0XbhNmPLwc4/s400/DSC_7254.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After they shot the scene with the car, Clooney walked over (right towards where I was standing!) into the lane of traffic that was closed off to plan the next shot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPGvimEAyJbHT9nWul7uTvOC8z6bTKqpaGDgfhJGb4n6onrgY3dCXB4u6KAP5kH7qD1Rc6eDIRkxvnkFjMKXHkQKTWNzebtVF1dhVktPoK_eWDoGxbCKS4XrsGirj0MgqZLR7VT5zBD8/s1600/DSC_7256.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374352834742322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPGvimEAyJbHT9nWul7uTvOC8z6bTKqpaGDgfhJGb4n6onrgY3dCXB4u6KAP5kH7qD1Rc6eDIRkxvnkFjMKXHkQKTWNzebtVF1dhVktPoK_eWDoGxbCKS4XrsGirj0MgqZLR7VT5zBD8/s400/DSC_7256.jpg" style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZW8Zgu_eHyley7NY55FaGXXuJlhqTyfHw_3UD-GOnNyn7_AgFufZeVUgniS0KMJ_cKqkanT6S8WLAd1egVtHOtTIMq4ZrZo4MpcCvovbJgZuD7MMPoeiwd1pUEZtmYe425PKEGACo0eM/s1600/DSC_7227.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374140215055186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZW8Zgu_eHyley7NY55FaGXXuJlhqTyfHw_3UD-GOnNyn7_AgFufZeVUgniS0KMJ_cKqkanT6S8WLAd1egVtHOtTIMq4ZrZo4MpcCvovbJgZuD7MMPoeiwd1pUEZtmYe425PKEGACo0eM/s400/DSC_7227.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Listening to talk amongst the crowd was hilarious. All the moms gushing about George, obnoxious dudes on their cell phones talking when we were asked to be quiet, and a very rude lady who said in a nasally voice, "Well, the least he could do is stop and wave at us!" As if he wasn't WORKING and was there for everyone's entertainment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfoPi9T7eRtKM9jPl5p5iHFMF6gg8ZVexlBEEwWZdFSHFd-hjeL4awf1pfm341IOBAZPRZF9JWrVtROl1Lo8zzcCh71hwtRt4xhoed8eYmVvtg6I5fsi-5bB1n2DwGOvYPMsPoSxKVXE/s1600/DSC_7196.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374129244771922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfoPi9T7eRtKM9jPl5p5iHFMF6gg8ZVexlBEEwWZdFSHFd-hjeL4awf1pfm341IOBAZPRZF9JWrVtROl1Lo8zzcCh71hwtRt4xhoed8eYmVvtg6I5fsi-5bB1n2DwGOvYPMsPoSxKVXE/s400/DSC_7196.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 211px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0WU8kfb6X4zaGxmnbdxk3uqjmx9yMK6SpwY_SAiEMGbR2a0lsGFO2uDkRw1tcJN5Nt63M2mI-Nk3NV0TzQUoIRlELGXmX7ZQL86Yistu4jD-OMILqPwovwpG75oNUMHocOrRbneEZQc/s1600/DSC_7193.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586374124687084594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0WU8kfb6X4zaGxmnbdxk3uqjmx9yMK6SpwY_SAiEMGbR2a0lsGFO2uDkRw1tcJN5Nt63M2mI-Nk3NV0TzQUoIRlELGXmX7ZQL86Yistu4jD-OMILqPwovwpG75oNUMHocOrRbneEZQc/s400/DSC_7193.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And I have some exciting news! I got called to be an extra in the movie tomorrow! It's for a funeral scene with the possibility of being a reporter or a video camera operator. I am bringing many costume changes with me just in case. I'm so excited. I will keep ya posted on how it turns out!</div></div>

Ides of March: George Clooney in Clawson, MI

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